New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-17
NOTES ON NEW MAGAZINES.
,c,,, .p AND RELIGIOUS PERIODICALS.


Americana, It must be said, arc not 81 iona Oh
N.ture for her own sake arc Engishmen' pesofip-
nve napers which are not set forth with special rsee
-. .nd which have no novel effects Of illuatra-
ssa 40 NOT naro, lsrly appeal to the American taste
re nnncrs OF tha kidd offered IN the March numDer
t ESs reader ON thus side q the ocean will prob
sihv 6nd more entertainment in the fiction which &C.
companies thcm
Il, Misunderstanding article in The Magazine Of Ameri-
can History on Thomas Wilett, the first Mayor OF
New-York Dr. c. w. Parsons tells bis readers that
Dr. Holiness charming Dorothy e." was the great
granddaughter OF good Master Wiliett
Mira Lamb in her article iu the same magazine on
Plainfeld, Mass tells o characteristic sneo"o'o -
relation to one OF the first magnates OF that ancc"'
town Deacon Richards was held ID me hign ni
esmation all through his long and "seiui ire py h
neopIe Of the town and his opinion on any P"Diio
p"efrt,on ot consequence had the effect OF law one
Sunaav morning n candidate 1or the puiWt nau
preached and as the congregation VIZ asked
Cn,,ort Reals the b, ll-rnger how he liked the ser
mon. oh, Oh. don't know cir he exclaimed
haven't seen Deacon Richards yet
aThe Overland Monthly" shows wise editorship IN
ia subiects 1t is now strongly local. dealing both in
fact and fiction with the lille and history OF the Pacific
Coast.
Colonel Ingersoll asks IN The North American
Review many impatient questions 70 relation to the
oaer M remedies for social diseases. tor the only
remedy is time and he proves his Americanism when
he saws that Socialism !, one OF the worst forms ..
slayery He pictures the comfortable condition OF
n ankind under the pate, nal of Socalisc gov
and he concludes that tho human race cannot
afford to exchange its liberty Tor any possible comfort
In Time for March. the Avelings give some &C
count of their American tour. The paper shows now
little they understood of what they Saw, and now
little ,bey saw which had any Patousl signicance'
fe hat
not even well-intentoned repo' LOT 'ncy islep
resent much. One OF their faradlddles is inc STATE
nent flint the American press threw open Its columns
70 Them reported all their meetings at length, ana
treated their arguments extensively. The American
press knows better than 10 do that IL SIMPLY leu the
Ayelng, alone, not deemna 1t worth While to give
FICTITIOUS consequence to the nonsense they taikeu
BY discussing it, We shall look, in another number
Of TINE" for account OF the dispute over me
xye,ing bill for travelling expenses That is more
fun than their Socialism. and quite as important.
There Is much of interest II not much of humor
In Mrs Pennelrs "Outing" paper on the Sports OF
Itsy, In that land OF idleness sport is more matter
of simple pleasure than OF vanity Wild excitement
therefore the seeking OF danger and the spenog OF
nancy are not often eOncomtants OF the ltaiians
games.
The salient articles in The Andover Review" tor
March are The Poems OF Emerson" by Professor I.
G. Everett; a. The Mind Cure" by the Rev. Dr. John
II. Denison ; and "Some Principles OF Church De-
yelopment In Japan" by the Rev. EDWARD a:
Lawrence,
and timely, and the review OF current German theo-
logical literature will prove helpful TO American the3-
lo9ians. This department might we'll be eAtenoru.
Professor Albert H. Toman contributes curious
article to this number on The Laws OF rome Co!oi
In the English Language"
Ep.scopaliaus will find some interesting papers IN
aThe Church Magazine" Among these may be men
Toned Ethical Culture" by the Rev. Dr. D. A. Haf-
ris Dai Nippon by X. S. Collom; "Ihe Iempta-
ton of Christi by Bishop Stevens; A Summer
DAYS Ramble in Oxford" by Katharine A. Mathew;
and ecclesiastical! gossip tIom Oxford
The Rev. DR.. E. G. Robinson, president OF Brown
University, contributes tTenchant article to Tue
Hom,letic Review on the question: How can the
Pulpit best Counterfeit the Influence of Modern Scep
ticism p While it Is difficult il not wholly impossible,
to say anything absolutely new ON this suojeci Dr'
Robinsons treatment of it is fresh and inspiring.
Don't spend your time in preaching to inhdcs, he
says in substance. TO the clergy don't waste your
time in trying to overthrow the positions OF atheis
In the fret place you may have the requisite abi
y and in the second place in all likelihood the men
You wish TO convert will never hear your words
anpeal to their moral couvctions for it is there, and
not in the domain physical science that the strength
of Christianity lies. Thus preached Schlt iernacher
and Tholuck in Germany. and Lacordaire in France,
and their abundant success is the best evidence OF
their wisdom. The sancthed common sense. ii the
term nav be used. which Dr. Robinson shows in deal
ing with this subject is worthy of much praise.